Everything you need to understand or teach Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Mary Higgins Clark.
Underlying much of the novel is the idea of the healing power of love. Poor Reardon, imprisoned for a minimum of thirty years for a crime he did not commit, has his hope sustained in part by Beth, the woman he should have married.
For Kerry, it has been her daughter Robin's love and in turn her love for Robin that has helped her to cope with the feelings of anger and betrayal...